Viability of Open Schooling for Special Children
Neelam Sinha
Abstract
The children who differ from the majority of children and who have physical, mental and behavioral or sensory characteristics, may require special education and related senlice to develop their capacity. Individual attention, age applicable for admission, course-materials, rigidity of science and arts subject option, requirement of attendance, evaluation procedure etc. of a formal institution throws a number of constraints for any learner with disability to follow any academic course in a formal institutidn. There is a need to develop a flexible educational programme with structured curriculum comparable to the formal system designed to meet the varied and changing need of children with disabilities. The challenging task may be covered only through extension of open learning system. Flexibility in the selection of subject, selection of study - center, credit accumulation, evaluation and certification of open learning system will encourage children with disabilities to be attached and to fake full advantage of the system.
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Published by Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India.